About National Helicopter Museum

The Museum contains hundreds of photographs and
models tracing the history of the helicopter both in the United States
and around the world. An airport and seaplane base built in Stratford
in the 1920's brought Igor Sikorsky to the area to build his flying
boats. Then Sikorsky flew his US300 Helicopter in September 1939 in
Stratford and produced many helicopters and rotary wing aircraft from
that time. Stratford is the birthplace of the American helicopter
industry